Would you take a 7-hour shower?

Mark Matassa Jul 4, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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All the talk lately about drought – Gov. Jay Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency because of low snowpack; in California residents are being asked not to water their lawns – but Buzzfeed puts the issue in stark personal terms. When was the last time you</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>[embed]https://youtu.be/6PTbtHdurWE[/embed]</p><p>All the talk lately about <a href="http://crosscut.com/2015/05/state-steps-up-preparations-for-drought-woes/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">drought</a> – Gov. Jay Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency because of low snowpack; in California residents are being asked not to water their lawns – but Buzzfeed puts the issue in stark personal terms. When was the last time you ate a steak? The way Buzzfeed figures it, an average beef cattle uses more than 499,000 gallons of water in its lifetime, which breaks down to 920 gallons for one eight-ounce steak. And that, the site says, is the equivalent of a shower that lasts seven hours.</p>
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All the talk lately about drought – Gov. Jay Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency because of low snowpack; in California residents are being asked not to water their lawns – but Buzzfeed puts the issue in stark personal terms. When was the last time you ate a steak? The way Buzzfeed figures it, an average beef cattle uses more than 499,000 gallons of water in its lifetime, which breaks down to 920 gallons for one eight-ounce steak. And that, the site says, is the equivalent of a shower that lasts seven hours.

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